Rabbi, we Gadarenes <br />Are not ascetics; we are fond of wealth and possessions. <br />Love, as You call it, we obviate by means <br />Of the planned release of aggressions. <br /> <br />We have deep faith in properity. <br />Soon, it is hoped, we will reach our full potential. <br />In the light of our gross product, the practice of charity <br />Is palpably non-essential. <br /> <br />It is true that we go insane; <br />That for no good reason we are possessed by devils; <br />That we suffer, despite the amenities which obtain <br />At all but the lowest levels. <br /> <br />We shall not, however, resign <br />Our trust in the high-heaped table and the full trough. <br />If You cannot cure us without destroying our swine, <br />We had rather You shoved off.<br /><br />Richard Wilbur<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/matthew-viii-28-ff/
